Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:37A-92

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Employees of a public transportation facility operated by any county improvement authority shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join or assist labor organizations and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing. It shall be the obligation of such authority to recognize and bargain exclusively with a labor organization representing a majority of its employees in an appropriate unit with respect to wages, salaries, hours, working conditions and welfare and pension and retirement provisions, and, upon reaching agreement with such labor organization, to enter into and execute a written contract incorporating therein the agreements so reached. No agreement relating to hours of employment shall require or permit employees to work a number of hours per day or per week in excess of such hours as may be provided by Federal or State laws relating to similar employment in private industry.

L.1968, c. 66, s. 7, eff. June 18, 1968.